Add to ORKGGreece, a South-East European country located in the Mediterranean basin, faces every year disastrous and occasionally fatal forest fires. During the 2021 fire season and after the 2018 Mati forest fire, the authorities warned people to evacuate early at almost every forest fire which threatened WUI areas throughout the country, irrespective of the fire's severity. Fortunately, during these events, no loss of human life occurred. However, residents and the municipalities' civil protection officials expressed strong opposition to this policy claiming that is not the most efficient for the protection of property. The qualitative research presented here aims to explore the residents' fire risk perception, assess critical issues ...
Forest fires are dangerous phenomena that can cause loss of life of firefighters and other citizens....
For Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) residents, wildfire is a constant, growing risk. A timely respons...
There is a widespread perception that every year wildfires are intensifying on a global scale, somet...
Wildfires pose a serious threat to life in many countries. For police, fire and emergency services a...
Background and Purpose: The potential impact that climate change may have on fire regime in ecosyste...
Due to climatic and other factors, Greece is likely to face increasing challenges in managing the ri...
The number of wildfires occurring globally is increasing, exacerbated by urbanisation and changes in...
A large number of forest fires occurred in Sweden during the summer 2018 on a total area of 21 000 h...
The 2021 wildfire season affected many countries around the Mediterranean basin. In most incidents, ...
Wildfires pose a serious threat to life in many countries. For police, fire and emergency services a...
The summer of 2007 was the worst wildfire season ever recorded in Greek contemporary history with ap...
Wildfires are a major environmental hazard in Portugal and cause deep social and economic disruption...
When wildfires threaten human populations, untimely or late evacuation can mean the difference betwe...
Australian bushfire agencies have a position that people in the path of a fire should either prepare...
Forest fires, as all natural disasters, have the potential to seriously affect both the environment ...
Forest fires are dangerous phenomena that can cause loss of life of firefighters and other citizens....
For Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) residents, wildfire is a constant, growing risk. A timely respons...
There is a widespread perception that every year wildfires are intensifying on a global scale, somet...
Wildfires pose a serious threat to life in many countries. For police, fire and emergency services a...
Background and Purpose: The potential impact that climate change may have on fire regime in ecosyste...
Due to climatic and other factors, Greece is likely to face increasing challenges in managing the ri...
The number of wildfires occurring globally is increasing, exacerbated by urbanisation and changes in...
A large number of forest fires occurred in Sweden during the summer 2018 on a total area of 21 000 h...
The 2021 wildfire season affected many countries around the Mediterranean basin. In most incidents, ...
Wildfires pose a serious threat to life in many countries. For police, fire and emergency services a...
The summer of 2007 was the worst wildfire season ever recorded in Greek contemporary history with ap...
Wildfires are a major environmental hazard in Portugal and cause deep social and economic disruption...
When wildfires threaten human populations, untimely or late evacuation can mean the difference betwe...
Australian bushfire agencies have a position that people in the path of a fire should either prepare...
Forest fires, as all natural disasters, have the potential to seriously affect both the environment ...
Forest fires are dangerous phenomena that can cause loss of life of firefighters and other citizens....
For Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) residents, wildfire is a constant, growing risk. A timely respons...
There is a widespread perception that every year wildfires are intensifying on a global scale, somet...